Adventures and events experienced on my six month endeavour travelling through Egypt, Jordan, Turkey, the Balkans, Europe & Morocco are captured as diary entries on this blog. I hope you enjoy reading.
Click here to read the blog! - Alternatively, click “Travel Blog” in the top right hand corner 🤚. This summary page can be returned to by clicking “Journey Summary” in the top left hard corner ✋. Best viewing is on larger screens, such as a tablet, laptop or computer.
**Details outlining technology, software and methodologies used to maintain this blog can be read following the below visualisations.
The journey so far:
Details
Camera
My camera is a Sony Alpha A6400. Usually images are captured using the point and click auto-mode. Sunset images are taken using a preset configuration specifically for sunsets.
Software
For mapping and visualisations I use the programming language R, various opensource packages simplify the process of making stunning visuals.
The blog itself is built upon the opensource publishing software: Quarto. Using Quarto allows me to customise the layout in a way that I think captures the imagination of readers and embed images & videos on a page. It also supports, and works in conjunction with R, Python, Julia & Observerable Javascript, meaning it is possible to leverage an impressive array of technologies.
For fine tuning of image layout; such as the image carousels that underlie most paragraphs within a blog post, and embedding sound-bytes, I use HTML. Which is another bonus of using the Quarto framework.
